White Labs Yeast - 002 English Ale
White Labs Yeast - 002 English Ale

White Labs Yeast - 002 English Ale

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Product Information

A classic ESB strain from one of England's largest independent breweries. This yeast is best suited for English style ales including milds, bitters, porters, and English style stouts. This yeast will leave a beer very clear, and will leave some residual sweetness.

 

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Style Performance Listing

A listing of how this style ranks amongst different brew styles, on a scale from 0 to 4.

Style Rating Style Rating
American Style Cream Ale 2 American Style Wheat Ale 2
Fruit Beer 2 Herbs & Spice Beer 2
Specialty Beers 2 Specialty Honey Ales 2
Smoke Flavored Beer 2 Golden Ale Canadian Style Ale 2
German Style Kolsch 2 Classic English Style Pale Ale 4
English Style India Pale Ale 4 American Style Pale Ale 2
American Style India Pale Ale 2 American Style Amber 2
English Style Bitter 2 English Style ESB 4
Scottish Style Ale 2 Irish Style Red Ale 2
English Style Brown Ale 4 American Style Brown Ale 2
German Style Brown and Dusseldorf Altbier 2 Robust Porter 4
Brown Porter 4 Classic Irish Style Dry Stout 2
Foreign Style Stout 4 Sweet Stout 4
Oatmeal Stout 2 English Old Ale English & American Strong Ale 4
Barley Wine Strong Ale 4 Strong Scotch Ale 2
Imperial Stout 2

Reviews

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“GOOD MOST OF THE TIME”

By: THale86 | Date: Jan., 17th 2016 | Beer(s) Brewed: Sweet Stout, Northern English Brown, Ordinary Bitter

 

I like this yeast on the whole. It is great for most English styles where you want a bit of body leftover however I have had it leave a bit too much residual sugar when it hits the lower end of it's % attenuation, ending up with a very sweet beer. I particularly like this strain for lower starting gravity beers and sweet stouts where a lower % attenuation is ideal to leave more body in the beer. The esters are very pleasant when kept in check with fermentation temperature and it flocculates very well leaving a crystal clear beer straight out of primary.

 

“AWESOME STRAIN”

By: jared | Date: Nov., 4th 2015 | Beer(s) Brewed: blond

 

Used this yeast for a few batches, its great. Golden ales always come out crisp and clear, awesome aroma when fermenting. got to say at least in my experiences with this yeast that its a definate go to.

 

“POWER HORSE YEAST”

By: Jim | Date: Nov., 1st 2015 | Beer(s) Brewed: English Brown Ale

 

My wife and I have used this yeast twice in variations of a Northern Brown Ale. The mash and fermentation profiles were nearly identical for these beers. We mashed at ~150-153 degrees for 60 minutes. We made a 0.75L starter on a stir plate for both. Both ales had a O.G. of 1.054 and reached a F.G. of 1.009 after 7 days. BeerSmith estimated a F.G. of 1.017 based on a 66.5% apparent attenuation but we got ~82% attenuation. At first we thought our mash tun profile was off in BeerSmith and our mash was more efficient, but even after adjusting parameters for a new mash tun we got, it repeated itself.

We're not complaining as this yeast makes an AMAZING English Brown Ale but I wonder if anyone might be able to pinpoint what would cause this yeast to attenuate so much higher then reported.

 

“THE BEST IPA YEAST PERIOD WLP002”

By: Jobin | Date: Sep., 7th 2015 | Beer(s) Brewed: IIPA

 

Brewed an imperial IPA with 1.085 OG. Pitched a 1.5L 12hr starter. 4 days later, 1.014FG. The blowoff valve barely held on 7 hrs after pitching. Finished with an outstanding beer and get about 80% attenuation with amalayze extract added.

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